All Republican members of Alabama’s congressional delegation voted Wednesday to direct the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee to continue its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Both Democrats, U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and Shomari Figures (D-Mobile) voted against the measure. It ultimately passed 212-208 along party lines.

The resolution was touted by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) as a meaningful alternative to U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-Kentucky) proposed legislation to compel the release of the Epstein files in their entirety within the next 30 days.

Massie’s legislation has caused a stir in the narrowly Republican House, prompting Johnson to send members home earlier than planned for the August recess, and has drawn consid

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